GRAND COUNTY, Colo. — A 56-year-old man is dead and another is missing after a raft they were in capsized on the Colorado River in the Gore Canyon on Saturday. A third person in the raft was able to make it safely to shore.
The 56-year-old Denver-area man was pronounced deceased shortly after EMS personnel arrived, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. His name has not been released.Emergency responders utilized additional rafts, ground crews, drones, and a Union Pacific Railroad Hi-Rail to search the river and surrounding area for the missing man. However, they were unable to locate him.